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Loos-en-Gohelle

Field	Value
name	Loos-en-Gohelle
commune status	Commune
image	Loos-en-Gohelle - Fosse n° 11 - 19 des mines de Lens (128).JPG
caption	Mine 11–19 at Loos-en-Gohelle
image coat of arms	Blason Loos-en-Gohelle.svg
coordinates
arrondissement	Lens
canton	Wingles
intercommunality	CA Lens-Liévin
mayor	Geoffrey Mathon
term	2023–2026
elevation m	44
elevation min m	31
elevation max m	74
area km2	12.7
population
population date
population footnotes
INSEE	62528
postal code	62750

|image coat of arms = Blason Loos-en-Gohelle.svg

Loos-en-Gohelle (, ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

It is a former coal mining town, three miles northwest of the centre of Lens. The two largest (184 m & 182 m) spoil heaps in Europe are in Loos-en-Gohelle, those of pits 11 and 19, and are visible for miles around. They are part of the mines of the Nord-Pas de Calais region that have become the 38th French site on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites as "a living and changing landscape".

Population

|1968 |7733 |1975 |6958 |1982 |6706 |1990 |6561 |1999 |6992 |2007 |6816 |2012 |6647 |2017 |6751

References

(12 March 2025). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises.
"INSEE commune file". Insee.fr.
"The mines of the Nord-Pas de Calais make their debut as a UNESCO World Heritage Site". France.fr.
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62528#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

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